New Delhi:
As many as 5.6 lakh aspirants across the country will appear for the IIT Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) today. The largest pool of applications this year has come from Kanpur, followed by Andhra Pradesh.
The exam will be held at over 1,000 centres across the country for admission to nearly over 9,500 undergraduate seats in the 15 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
Many other reputed educational institutions also consider JEE scores for admitting students.
There has been a change, though, in the eligibility criteria this year. Candidates must score at least 10 per cent marks in each of the three subjects and a minimum aggregate of 35 per cent to figure on the ranking list. Till last year, the minimum qualifying marks in JEE depended on the average scored by all the candidates.
The exam will be held in two parts with three papers in both - chemistry, mathematics and physics. The candidates will be able to take home a copy of their answer scripts after the exam.
Nearly 33 per cent of the applicants are females as opposed to the 22 per cent last year. Online applications for female candidates were free this year.
The results are scheduled to be declared on May 18.